Suspect caught rummaging for parts

A Mount Pleasant man could face charges in the theft of a chainsaw in Isabella County.
Isabella County sheriff's deputies arrested the 27-year about 6:30 p.m. Friday after a woman who was house-sitting her sister's country home, East Denver near Leaton, said the man was inside the pole barn.

The man claimed he was looking for star bits to fix his chainsaw. Police later found at the man's residence a chainsaw that had gone missing earlier in the day from a home at East Denver near Loomis. He also had a cell phone that was missing from the same home.

Police said they believe the man broke the stolen chainsaw while using it to cut wood.

As of Saturday, the man was awaiting arraignment at the Isabella County Jail. A magistrate set a $100,000 cash or surety bond.